who was the first nfl quarterback to throw over 5000 yards in nfl season

Dan Marino had 5,084 passing yards in 1984.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Marino
D. Marino
5,084
1984
MIA MIA
16
362
564
64.2
9.0
317.8
48
17
108.9
8.5
3.0
13
120
2Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,069
2008
NO NO
16
413
635
65.0
8.0
316.8
34
17
96.2
5.4
2.7
13
92
3Tom Brady
T. Brady
5,235
2011
NE NE
16
401
611
65.6
8.6
327.2
39
12
105.6
6.4
2.0
32
173
4Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,476
2011
NO NO
16
468
657
71.2
8.3
342.3
46
14
110.6
7.0
2.1
24
158
5Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
5,038
2011
DET DET
16
421
663
63.5
7.6
314.9
41
16
97.2
6.2
2.4
36
257
6Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,177
2012
NO NO
16
422
670
63.0
7.7
323.6
43
19
96.3
6.4
2.8
26
190
7Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,162
2013
NO NO
16
446
650
68.6
7.9
322.6
39
12
104.7
6.0
1.8
37
244
8Peyton Manning
P. Manning
5,477
2013
DEN DEN
16
450
659
68.3
8.3
342.3
55
10
115.1
8.3
1.5
18
120
9Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,208
2016
NO NO
16
471
673
70.0
7.7
325.5
37
15
101.7
5.5
2.2
27
184
10Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
5,129
2018
PIT PIT
16
452
675
67.0
7.6
320.6
34
16
96.5
5.0
2.4
24
166
11Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
5,097
2018
KC KC
16
383
580
66.0
8.8
318.6
50
12
113.8
8.6
2.1
26
171
12Jameis Winston
J. Winston
5,109
2019
TB TB
16
380
626
60.7
8.2
319.3
33
30
84.3
5.3
4.8
47
282
13Tom Brady
T. Brady
5,316
2021
TB TB
17
485
719
67.5
7.4
312.7
43
12
102.1
6.0
1.7
22
144
14Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
5,014
2021
LAC LAC
17
443
672
65.9
7.5
294.9
38
15
97.7
5.7
2.2
31
214
15Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
5,250
2022
KC KC
17
435
648
67.1
8.1
308.8
41
12
105.2
6.3
1.9
26
188
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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ATL Falcons

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.750
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.714
AFC NorthWLTPCT
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